- A RS:X or Phantom or Formula with a 9.5m2 sail for the 6-10 knots condition.

Now, for the 15-20 knots condition which board would you like most (futura, kode or atom)?

thanks in advance,

7th September 2009 12:10 PM

Del Carpenter

Unregistered, your weight is 1-2 kg lighter than mine. No one board/one sail combination that you would love at 15-20 knots will make you happy at 6-10 knots unless you are a dedicated one-design racer. I'm having trouble picturing anyone having fun trying to going against a current on a small board with a small sail in winds of only 6-10 knots. The board/sail combinations already mentioned could be great at 15 to 20 knots but they won't entice you to get on the water in 6-10 knots.

I think the only claims I've seen for a one board/one sail combination that can handle 6-20 knt condititions at our weights are: 1. a formula board with around an 8.5 to 10.0 sail, 2. a hybrid such as an RS:X or a Mistral Prodigy with whatever their class size sail is for the particular board, 3. an older longboard such as a Mistral One-Design or Mistral Equipe (I or II) with something like Mistral's OD 7.4 sail, 4. a Kona with their one-design class sail (7.5 or 9.5?), 5. a newstyle raceboard such as a Starboard Phantom 320 or 380 with the one sail or your choice (8.5?).

My choice would be a board large enough you won't just schlog at 6-10 knots and then have two sails, one for 6-10 and one for 15-20.

6th September 2009 04:04 PM

agrelon

Go for the new Starboard, the Atom, apparently it's a one solution board for waves,speed, jumps and freestyle, that should be perfect, and it's 99l, so about the same as what you were considering.

Unfortunately you can't cover all your conditions with one board and one sail. You need very different gear for 6-10 knots (force 3) and then for 15-20 (force 5).
6-10 knots with 1m swell, I'm not sure but that's a longboard territory (are the waves breaking/rideable, or just swell/chop?)
For 15-20 knots I believe a Kode94+5.9 will suit you fine, better than a larger/wider Futura.

4th September 2009 11:44 PM

Unregistered

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